MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F297.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F297.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 297 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 9 SEP 25 Station: 42.23,-95.96 Latitude: 42.23 Longitude: -95.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 119 SFC 972 367 30.2 19.3 52 10.9 22.4 220 8 305.8 308.5 296.5 349.6 14.63 2 950 572 27.2 18.0 57 9.3 20.8 227 10 304.8 307.4 295.7 345.9 13.77 3 900 1047 22.7 16.9 70 5.7 18.7 236 11 304.9 307.4 295.6 345.5 13.61 4 850 1542 18.5 15.1 80 3.4 16.2 254 10 305.5 307.9 295.3 343.8 12.79 5 800 2063 17.6 4.4 42 13.2 9.9 297 15 309.9 311.1 291.7 330.2 6.57 6 750 2610 13.6 -1.0 36 14.6 5.9 301 17 311.4 312.3 290.6 326.3 4.75 7 700 3186 9.5 -4.8 36 14.3 2.5 305 20 313.0 313.7 290.3 325.2 3.83 8 650 3796 5.1 -5.4 46 10.5 0.0 307 22 314.7 315.5 290.9 327.3 3.92 9 600 4444 0.3 -8.0 54 8.3 -3.4 302 23 316.4 317.1 291.0 327.7 3.48 10 550 5136 -4.0 -13.7 47 9.6 -7.8 298 24 319.3 319.8 291.0 327.3 2.42 11 500 5881 -8.5 -19.4 41 10.9 -12.1 302 25 322.7 323.0 291.2 328.3 1.65 12 450 6690 -13.7 -24.2 41 10.5 -16.6 288 27 326.0 326.2 291.7 330.2 1.20 13 400 7573 -20.4 -34.6 27 14.2 -22.9 297 30 328.5 328.6 291.8 330.4 0.51 14 350 8546 -28.0 -39.7 32 11.7 -29.6 294 34 330.9 331.0 292.3 332.3 0.35 15 300 9633 -36.6 -48.8 27 12.2 -37.5 293 36 333.8 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.15 16 250 10867 -47.3 -51.8 60 4.5 -47.5 301 46 335.7 335.8 293.4 336.2 0.13 17 200 12306 -57.1 -63.3 45 6.2 -57.2 299 52 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.5 0.04 18 150 14095 -62.6 -73.4 22 10.8 -62.7 294 45 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16590 -62.9 -83.8 4 20.9 -63.1 281 23 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.10 m Freezing level: 596.82 mb = 4487.67 m = 14723.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.71 mb = 3799.63 m = 12465.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.17 % Est. max temperature: 32.30 C = 90.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.15 mb = 1745.15 m = 5725.49 ft T: 18.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.69 C/km ThetaE index: 24.44 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.47 mb = 2503.46 m = 8213.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.47 C = 95.85 F Cap Strength: 3.07 C Lifted Index: -4.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.05 C Showalter Index: -3.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.64 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.03 C Cross Totals Index: 23.61 C K Index: 27.85 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1629.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 100.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.36 mb = 1774.03 m = 5820.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 692.36 mb = 3276.60 m = 10749.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.36 mb = 12880.69 m = 42258.96 ft B at Equ Level: 1601.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.36 mb = 15873.05 m = 52076.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.7 at 18.9 knts Storm direction: 324.7 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 59.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 39.77 Bulk Shear: 40.96 m/s